Will continued his exploration of descriptive paragraph writing today. His next assignment is to write a descriptive essay about the Colorado wildfires which he observed during his summer vacation. He shared the brainstorm notes that he worked on over the weekend. We then looked at several examples of descriptive essays from both high school students and published authors. We talked about painting a visual picture and using sensory details in writing. Will then began drafting his essay during class. He was able to complete the introductory paragraph and over the weekend will complete a section describing the firefighting base that was located at a nearby school. Will did an excellent job today!